"There is a word used in religion: "FAITH". All religions of Abrahamn are FAITH based."
I understand you want this word to mean "blind" faith, but it is anything but. Biblical faith is a trust or belief based UPON the evidence - not in spite of it. This definition of faith is hammered out very clearly within the scriptures.
I, too, have degrees in Philosophy and Religious studies, and came to the conclusion that Orthodox Christianity corresponds to the nature of Reality better than any other world religion out there. Now what?
"No one can prove the existence of any deity from any religious book is actually related to God."
This statement is patently false. One can ascertain certain qualities regarding the nature of the Cause of the universe by simply studying the nature of the universe itself - without even breaching the Bible once.
Here's a quick example:
Space, Time, Matter and Energy are all related - IOW, you can't have one without the other (Einstein proved this).
STME all came into existence at a finite point in the past (Modern cosmology proves this - the universe is not Eternal)
Whatever comes into existence must have a cause. The STME universe came into existence.
Therefore, the STME universe has a cause. And, by definition, that cause must be outside of Space, outside of Time (i.e Eternal), outside of Matter (i.e immaterial), and EXTREMELY powerful in order to bring all the energy in the universe into existence. One could argue at this point that the cause must be extremely intelligent as well, given the highly complex nature of the universe.
At this point we are getting pretty damn close to the Judeo-Christian description of "God."
Is this a mathematical proof? No. But mathematical proof is not required in almost every other aspect of life either. This is, however, a good argument with strong scientific/philosophical underpinnings. One can take this argument further to show that this cause must be the Judeo-Christian God (i.e Personal), but we can hold off at this point here for simplicity's sake.
Dont forget, too, that the overwhelming majority of the scientists who layed down the foundation for scientific inquiry during the Scientific Revolution were Bible believing Christians who believed that "doing science" was simply thinking God's thoughts after Him. This core belief is was the motivating/driving factor behind their magnificent leaps in understanding the universe we live in.
I digress....
"There is a word used in religion: "FAITH". All religions of Abrahamn are FAITH based."
I understand you want this word to mean "blind" faith, but it is anything but. Biblical faith is a trust or belief based UPON the evidence - not in spite of it. This definition of faith is hammered out very clearly within the scriptures.
I, too, have degrees in Philosophy and Religious studies, and came to the conclusion that Orthodox Christianity corresponds to the nature of Reality better than any other world religion out there. Now what?
"No one can prove the existence of any deity from any religious book is actually related to God."
This statement is patently false. One can ascertain certain qualities regarding the nature of the Cause of the universe by simply studying the nature of the universe itself - without even breaching the Bible once.
Here's a quick example:
Space, Time, Matter and Energy are all related - IOW, you can't have one without the other (Einstein proved this).
STME all came into existence at a finite point in the past (Modern cosmology proves this - the universe is not Eternal)
Whatever comes into existence must have a cause. The STME universe came into existence.
Therefore, the STME universe has a cause. And, by definition, that cause must be outside of Space, outside of Time (i.e Eternal), outside of Matter (i.e immaterial), and EXTREMELY powerful in order to bring all the energy in the universe into existence. One could argue at this point that the cause must be extremely intelligent as well, given the highly complex nature of the universe.
At this point we are getting pretty damn close to the Judeo-Christian description of "God."
Is this a mathematical proof? No. But mathematical proof is not required in almost every other aspect of life either. This is, however, a good argument with strong scientific/philosophical underpinnings. One can take this argument further to show that this cause must be the Judeo-Christian God (i.e Personal), but we can hold off at this point here for simplicity's sake.
Dont forget, too, that the overwhelming majority of the scientists who layed down the foundation for scientific inquiry during the Scientific Revolution were Bible believing Christians who believed that "doing science" was simply thinking God's thoughts after Him. This core belief is what was the motivating/driving factor behind their magnificent leaps in understanding the universe we live in.
I digress....
"There is a word used in religion: "FAITH". All religions of Abrahamn are FAITH based."
I understand you want this word to mean "blind" faith, but it is anything but. Biblical faith is a trust or belief based UPON the evidence - not in spite of it. This definition of faith is hammered out very clearly within the scriptures.
I, too, have degrees in Philosophy and Religious studies, and came to the conclusion that Orthodox Christianity corresponds to the nature of Reality better than any other world religion out there. Now what?
"No one can prove the existence of any deity from any religious book is actually related to God."
This statement is patently false. One can ascertain certain qualities regarding the nature of the Cause of the universe by simply studying the nature of the universe itself - without even breaching the Bible once.
Here's a quick example:
Space, Time, Matter and Energy are all related - IOW, you can't have one without the other (Einstein proved this).
STME all came into existence at a finite point in the past (Modern cocmolgy proves this - the universe is not Eternal)
Whatever comes into existence must have a cause. The STME universe came into existence.
Therefore, the STME universe has a cause. And, by definition, that cause must be outside of Space, outside of Time (i.e Eternal), outside of Matter (i.e immaterial), and EXTREMELY powerful in order to bring all the energy in the universe into existence. One could argue at this point that the cause must be extremely intelligent as well, given the highly complex nature of the universe.
At this point we are getting pretty damn close to the Judeo-Christian description of "God."
Is this a mathematical proof? No. But mathematical proof is not required in almost every other aspect of life either. This is, however, a good argument with strong scientific/philosophical underpinnings. One can take this argument further to show that this cause must be the Judeo-Christian God (i.e Personal), but we can hold off at this point here for simplicity's sake.
Dont forget, too, that the overwhelming majority of the scientists who layed down the foundation for scientific inquiry during the Scientific Revolution were Bible believing Christians who believed that "doing science" was simply thinking God's thoughts after Him. This core belief is what was the motivating/driving factor behind their magnificent leaps in understanding the universe we live in.
I digress....
"There is a word used in religion: "FAITH". All religions of Abrahamn are FAITH based."
I understand you want this word to mean "blind" faith, but it is anything but. Biblical faith is a trust or belief based UPON the evidence - not in spite of it. This definition of faith is hammered out very clearly within the scriptures.
I, too, have degrees in Philosophy and Religious studies, and came to the conclusion that Orthodox Christianity corresponds to the nature of Reality better than any other world religion out there. Now what?